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Children rescued from two elementary schools in Oklahoma

A child is pulled from the rubble of the Plaza Towers Elementary School in Moore, Okla., and passed along to rescuers following a devastating tornado that destroyed the school and much of the area, May 20, 2013

A teacher hugs a child at Briarwood Elementary after a tornado destroyed the school in south Oklahoma City, May 20, 2013.

Credit: Paul Hellstern/The Oklahoman/AP

Teachers carry children away from Briarwood Elementary school after a tornado destroyed the school in south Oklahoma City, May 20, 2013. A monstrous tornado roared through the Oklahoma City suburbs, flattening entire neighborhoods with winds up to 200 mph, setting buildings on fire and landing a direct blow on an elementary school.

Credit: Paul Hellstern/The Oklahoman/AP

Rebekah Stuck hugs her son, Aiden Stuck, 7, after she found him in front of the destroyed Briarwood Elementary School after a tornado struck south Oklahoma City and Moore, Okla., May 20, 2013.

Credit: Nate Billings/The Oklahoman/AP

A child is carried from the rubble of the Plaza Towers Elementary School following a tornado in Moore, Okla., Monday, May 20, 2013.

Credit: AP Photo Sue Ogrocki

A boy is pulled from beneath a collapsed wall at the Plaza Towers Elementary School following a tornado in Moore, Okla., May 20, 2013.

Credit: AP Photo Sue Ogrocki

A parent rushes to embrace her child as a teacher escorts her away from Briarwood Elementary school after a tornado destroyed the school in south Oklahoma City, Okla, May 20, 2013.

Credit: Paul Hellstern/The Oklahoman/AP

Onlookers watch as children are pulled from the rubble of the Plaza Towers Elementary School following a tornado in Moore, Okla., May 20, 2013.

Credit: AP Photo Sue Ogrocki

Teachers carry children away from Briarwood Elementary school after a tornado destroyed the school in south Oklahoma City, Okla, May 20, 2013.

Credit: Paul Hellstern/The Oklahoman/AP

A boy is pulled from beneath a collapsed wall at the Plaza Towers Elementary School following a tornado in Moore, Okla., May 20, 2013.

Credit: AP Photo Sue Ogrocki

Moore police dig through the rubble of the Plaza Towers Elementary School following a tornado in Moore, Okla., May 20, 2013.

Credit: AP Photo Sue Ogrocki

A woman is pulled out from under tornado debris at the Plaza Towers School in Moore, Okla., May 20, 2013.

Credit: AP Photo Sue Ogrocki

A woman carries her child through a field near the collapsed Plaza Towers Elementary School in Moore, Okla., May 20, 2013.

Credit: AP Photo Sue Ogrocki

A woman carries an injured child to a triage center near the Plaza Towers Elementary School in Moore, Okla., May 20, 2013.

Credit: AP Photo Sue Ogrocki

A child is pulled from beneath a collapsed wall at the Plaza Towers Elementary School in following a tornado in Moore, Okla., May 20, 2013.

Credit: AP Photo Sue Ogrocki

Children wait for their parents to arrive at Briarwood Elementary school after a tornado destroyed the school in south Oklahoma City, Okla, May 20, 2013.

Credit: Paul Hellstern/The Oklahoman/AP

Two men stand in front of Plaza Towers Elementary School in Moore, Okla., May 20, 2013.

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Briarwood Elementary P.E. teacher Mike Murphy comforts Aiden Stuck, 7, as he waits for his mother after a tornado destroyed Briarwood Elementary and struck south Oklahoma City and Moore, Okla., May 20, 2013.

Credit: Nate Billings/The Oklahoman/AP

A rescue worker and his search dog sit outside the remains of the Plaza Towers Elementary School in Moore, Okla. The school was hit by a tornado on May 20, 2013.
Photo by Maj. Geoff Legler, Oklahoma National Guard Public Affairs